The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It's dismissive.
Every black American is bilingual. All of them. We speak street vernacular and we speak 'job interview.'
The world can't tell you who you are. You've just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse.
The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
I love being famous - it's phenomenal.
My wife asked me once if I weren't a comedian what I would do. I couldn't answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else.
People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.
I'm an introspective dude.
If you don't have the right people around you and you're moving at a million miles an hour you can lose yourself.
I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
You can't get unfamous. You can get infamous but you can't get unfamous.
I don't care if I ever work in TV again.
You know, be able to do something great in your life, you're gonna have to realize your failures. You're gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it.
You can't get un-famous. You can get infamous, but you can't get un-famous.
My father told me 'Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you name, get out of there.'
I felt in a lot of instances I was deliberately being put through stress because when you're a guy who generates money, people have a vested interested in controlling you.